Exclusive! FREE Man of Steel-inspired wallpaper by Joe Stone

Celebrate the release of the new Superman movie in style with this free downloadable wallpaper for your tablet, smartphone or desktop.

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Today, Man of Steel - the eagerly anticipated 'reboot' of the Superman franchise - is released in cinemas. So to celebrate the comeback of one of the most famous superheroes of all time, we teamed up with top illustrator and die-hard Superman fan Joe Stone to bring you this exclusive, free wallpaper for your iPhone, iPad and desktop. You lucky, lucky things!

Joe Stone

Joe Stone is a freelance designer and illustrator based in the UK. During his creative career, Stone has worked with clients ranging from international exhibition organisers to local start-ups on brand, print and digital design. After being raised on a steady diet of comic books, video games and movies Stone, in his own words "somehow ended up as a complete nerd", with pop culture influences playing a pretty big role in a lot of his work, especially self-initiated and more personal projects.

Stone on his artwork

"Having had a lifelong obsession with comic books, Superman is a hugely important character to me," says Stone, "Initially the idea of producing an image of him struck me as quite daunting and I spent a long time trying to think of some witty or clever way to depict him.

I'm fascinated with presenting pop-culture characters as iconography

"After some serious 'research' (i.e. spending a few hours re-reading some of my favourite Superman stories) I soon realised that his costume and colour palette alone are so recognisable that a more simple image would end up being much more striking.

"I'm fascinated with presenting pop-culture characters as iconography, so tried to strip away as much detail as I could to present him in as iconic a way as possible. His cape flowing in the wind let me give the image a sense of movement despite the stoic, static pose, as well as being representative of some of the symbolism attached to the character."